Yvonne Denise Lehr Butler Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Yvonne Denise (Lehr) Butler will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2015, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Warren Lehr officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Denise was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on January 3, 1954, to Robert and Rosalie Lehr. She passed away August 21, 2016, at Dallas, Texas, at the age of 62 years, 7 months, and 18 days. Her family lived in Norman most of her life with the exception of one year in Ada, Oklahoma, and another year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Norman High School in 1972. In 1974, she did a one year apprenticeship with Bob Mansfield in Norman and became a licensed cosmetologist. She continued to live in Norman and worked as a hairdresser in Bob Mansfield’s shop. During this time she met Mitch Butler. They married in 1978, the day after Thanksgiving. Through the years they always celebrated their anniversary the day after Thanksgiving, no matter what the date. They lived a variety of places before settling in Dallas, Texas, where they have made their home for the past several years. She enjoyed traveling and taking cruises. She was also active and enjoyed doing arts and crafts, especially mosaics in tile and glass. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rosalie Lehr. Denise is survived by her husband, Mitch, of the home; one daughter, Martha Butler of Cateville, Virginia; one granddaughter, Meghan Butler of Charlotte, North Carolina; her father, Robert Lehr of Norman; two brothers, Steve Lehr and wife, Lesa Ann, of Chickasha, and Warren Lehr and wife, Nina of Owasso, Oklahoma; two sisters, Janelle Shepherd and husband, Jon, of Clinton, and Lisa Turner and husband, Greg, of Norman; one nephew, 6 nieces, 5 great nephews, 2 great nieces; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the American Cancer Society.

Yvonne Denise Lehr Butler

January 3, 1954 - August 22, 2016